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“Manual” Interface to your PMS A new option “Transfer to PMS” has been provided for
use at the end of a Drydock or Refit which extracts all of
Each time a defect is recorded onboard or a job is added to the information which REFMAN holds (job Description,
a specification in the office, an option is available to allow a cost Notes, condition Remarks along with all associated
“Reference” to the corresponding Work Order, Job or Task drawings, photographs, images, etc.,) for jobs that have a
in the Planned Maintenance System to be entered. PMS Reference. This information is written out to a file
that can be sent to the ship and used as a source
document to update the PMS Maintenance History.

“Planned Maintenance Ref” can be replaced by Work Order No., Job No.
or Task No. to reflect whichever Planned Maintenance System you use.

This PMS Reference will be stored permanently against the A “Send by e-mail” option is also provided which
job and will be transferred to the office as part of the normal automatically creates an e-mail to the ship and attaches the
transfer process. This means that it can be displayed on necessary files to update the PMS Maintenance History:
the screen (both in the office and onboard) alongside the
normal REFMAN job information.

Sort jobs by PMS Reference by clicking on the ‘PMS’ column heading. The e-mail contains full instructions to tell ships’ staff how
to use the attached files:
The PMS Reference will also be printed as part of the job
description.

There is also an option to show the PMS Reference on a Files which needed to update the Maintenance History
Table of Contents to provide an index to all the PMS are attached to the message automatically.
related work.
Ships’ staff can then “manually” update the PMS
Maintenance History using standard Windows “Copy
& Paste” functions to transfer the information that has
been extracted from REFMAN.

“Automatic” Interface to your PMS

It is possible to fully automatic this interface so that a
REFMAN job can be initiated automatically from within a
PMS and the relevant information passed to REFMAN.
Also, so that the output from REFMAN will be used
automatically to update the PMS Maintenance History
onboard. However this needs to be developed in co-
operation with the supplier of the specific Planned
Maintenance System that you use.

System Requirements: As per REFMAN’s Shipboard Defect Recording or Specification Generator module as appropriate.

Minitech Systems Limited. Bridle Way, off St. Vincents Close, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0PB, U.K.
Phone: 01223 277049, e-mail: sales@minitech-systems.com, website: www.minitech-systems.com
From Outside U.K. Phone: +44 1223 277049